Next meeting:
Thursday, February 11
7 p.m.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
1001 Ebenezer Road
Knoxville, TN 37923
Friends & Family members welcome!
Captioning/Transcribing services available.
Come join us!
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Next meeting is scheduled for October 8th at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.
Does anyone want to participate in the Race for the Cure - 13th Annual Susan Komen. I have a team with my mom and sister. If you are interested please contact me via FaceBook or email.
Cricket Lynch - muzicwmn830@gmail.com
We are working on a team name - Atomic Sneakers! I will be wheeling through the 3 mile course.
Cricket L.
Does anyone want to participate in the Race for the Cure - 13th Annual Susan Komen. I have a team with my mom and sister. If you are interested please contact me via FaceBook or email.
Cricket Lynch - muzicwmn830@gmail.com
We are working on a team name - Atomic Sneakers! I will be wheeling through the 3 mile course.
Cricket L.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
KICKOFF MEETING! THURSDAY, SEPT 10th!
31 Million Americans Have Hearing Loss.
We are committed to helping.
Hearing Loss Support/Kickoff Meeting!!!
DATE: THURSDAY, September 10, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Ebenezer United Methodist Church
1001 Ebenezer Road, Knoxville, TN 37923
PLEASE JOIN US!
For More Information: Call Laurie Pullins – (865) 681-7613
Or Email: ldpullins@gmail.com
Come for a time of fellowship and support. Information, pictures from the Walk4Hearing, 2009 HLAA Nashville Convention, a short video and even refreshments/pizza will be available. You will not want to miss this special gathering! Transcribing services will be available. Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
2009 HLAA Convention Group Picture!
Enjoy this group picture! Some members of our chapter recently attended the 2009 HLAA Convention, in Nashville, TN which was GREAT fun!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Chattanooga HLAA Walk4Hearing Press Release!
Just Released TODAY! If you are in the Chattanooga area and would like to join us, please come! We are wearing red, white, or blue shirts (or all of the above) and have white hats with our HLA of Knoxville logo. If you have anything PATRIOTIC, bring it with you! Thanks for all you do!
With less than 24 hours remaining before the first Walk4Hearing event in Chattanooga and Tennessee, excitement continues to build. More than 100 walkers on 19 teams have registered. The walk begins at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway at 10 a.m. and continues along the beautiful Riverwalk. Organizers are expecting upward of 200 or more total walkers.
Walkers may begin checking in at 9 a.m. to enjoy free biscuits provided by Cracker Barrel. Sausage biscuits, juice and coffee will be provided by the local HLAA chapter. Vendor exhibits on display in the main hallway of the Health Fitness Center building will provide information and material of interest to people with hearing loss. The Speech and Hearing Center is offering free hearing screenings. Their mobile screening truck will be located in the parking lot in front of the Omniplex building.
Area residents interested in furthering their education will find representatives from the offices of Disabilities Support Services and Recruiting Services at Chattanooga State ready to answer questions about programs and classes. Nursing students from the registered nursing program will provide free blood pressure checks.
Shortly before 10 a.m., the ceremony to officially open the Walk4Hearing will commence. Following a short address, Carsten Trads, president of Clarity will serve as the ceremonial ribbon-cutter. Clarity, a Division of Plantronics, Inc. is the leading supplier of amplified telephones, notification systems, assistive listening devices and other communications devices for the Hard of Hearing and Deaf communities. Mr. Trads joined Clarity in 2003 as president.
Following the opening ceremony, walkers will be led to the Riverwalk by members of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Knoxville chapter, including retired U.S. Army Capt. Mark Brogan. Capt. Brogan will be sharing his story during the HLAA Convention in Nashville on June 18-21. He was severely injured by a suicide bomber while serving in Iraq. HLAA is committed to assisting returning veterans, many of whom return with severe hearing losses. The HLAA Nashville Chapter will have information available on this annual convention…a “must attend” for hard of hearing persons. Veterans should inquire about low or no cost options to attend this year’s convention and become members of HLAA.
Now at 84 percent of their $25,000 goal, the local Walk4Hearing is nearing the $21,000 mark. Local bronze-level sponsors of the event include Clarity, Walmart, Tennessee CapTel Relay and Chattanooga State. They are joined by supporting sponsors Barnett & Company Investment Counsel; Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.; Mediating Issues and Friends of HLAA Chattanooga Chapter. Friends level sponsors include Daniels, Riggar & Associates; Joyce Z. Casey, CART Services; Sweat-Band and the David Ingram Family; while kilometer marker donations were made by Chattanooga Chapter of TN Association of the Deaf, Holmes Audiology and Deaf Senior Citizens.
The Walk4Hearing is a national walkathon program organized by Hearing Loss Association of America to raise funds and awareness about hearing loss which affects an estimated 36 million Americans. Saturday’s event is the first Walk4Hearing in Tennessee. For more information locally call 423-894-3138 or log on to www.walk4hearing.org.
May 15, 2009
Betty A. Proctor, Chairperson
Baproctor1@comcast.net
Cell Phone: 423-605-6981
Work Phone: 423-697-2432
Walk4Hearing Premiers Saturday
Betty A. Proctor, Chairperson
Baproctor1@comcast.net
Cell Phone: 423-605-6981
Work Phone: 423-697-2432
Walk4Hearing Premiers Saturday
With less than 24 hours remaining before the first Walk4Hearing event in Chattanooga and Tennessee, excitement continues to build. More than 100 walkers on 19 teams have registered. The walk begins at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, 4501 Amnicola Highway at 10 a.m. and continues along the beautiful Riverwalk. Organizers are expecting upward of 200 or more total walkers.
Walkers may begin checking in at 9 a.m. to enjoy free biscuits provided by Cracker Barrel. Sausage biscuits, juice and coffee will be provided by the local HLAA chapter. Vendor exhibits on display in the main hallway of the Health Fitness Center building will provide information and material of interest to people with hearing loss. The Speech and Hearing Center is offering free hearing screenings. Their mobile screening truck will be located in the parking lot in front of the Omniplex building.
Area residents interested in furthering their education will find representatives from the offices of Disabilities Support Services and Recruiting Services at Chattanooga State ready to answer questions about programs and classes. Nursing students from the registered nursing program will provide free blood pressure checks.
Shortly before 10 a.m., the ceremony to officially open the Walk4Hearing will commence. Following a short address, Carsten Trads, president of Clarity will serve as the ceremonial ribbon-cutter. Clarity, a Division of Plantronics, Inc. is the leading supplier of amplified telephones, notification systems, assistive listening devices and other communications devices for the Hard of Hearing and Deaf communities. Mr. Trads joined Clarity in 2003 as president.
Following the opening ceremony, walkers will be led to the Riverwalk by members of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) Knoxville chapter, including retired U.S. Army Capt. Mark Brogan. Capt. Brogan will be sharing his story during the HLAA Convention in Nashville on June 18-21. He was severely injured by a suicide bomber while serving in Iraq. HLAA is committed to assisting returning veterans, many of whom return with severe hearing losses. The HLAA Nashville Chapter will have information available on this annual convention…a “must attend” for hard of hearing persons. Veterans should inquire about low or no cost options to attend this year’s convention and become members of HLAA.
Now at 84 percent of their $25,000 goal, the local Walk4Hearing is nearing the $21,000 mark. Local bronze-level sponsors of the event include Clarity, Walmart, Tennessee CapTel Relay and Chattanooga State. They are joined by supporting sponsors Barnett & Company Investment Counsel; Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.; Mediating Issues and Friends of HLAA Chattanooga Chapter. Friends level sponsors include Daniels, Riggar & Associates; Joyce Z. Casey, CART Services; Sweat-Band and the David Ingram Family; while kilometer marker donations were made by Chattanooga Chapter of TN Association of the Deaf, Holmes Audiology and Deaf Senior Citizens.
The Walk4Hearing is a national walkathon program organized by Hearing Loss Association of America to raise funds and awareness about hearing loss which affects an estimated 36 million Americans. Saturday’s event is the first Walk4Hearing in Tennessee. For more information locally call 423-894-3138 or log on to www.walk4hearing.org.
Monday, April 06, 2009
April 16th Meeting
This is just a reminder that our next HLA of Knoxville meeting is Thursday, APRIL 16th. Meeting time is at 7 p.m. at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Road, Knoxville. (We are meeting on the 3rd Thursday this month due to Easter services at the church this week.) Hope you can make it!
If anyone can volunteer to bring a snack or 2 liter drink, please let me know at ldpullins@aol.com or Maureen Hinds at danbury103@gmail.com or mdhinds@bechtel.com or Susan Underwood at gotsusantn@gmail.com.
If you are planning to participate in the Chattanooga Walk4Hearing on May 16th, please join our Knoxville Chapter of HLAA team at the Walk4Hearing website at www.walk4hearing.org as soon as possible. There isn't much time left and I'd like to see at least 10-12 walkers on our team. There will be packets of information and collection envelopes at the meeting. I would like to order t-shirts for our walk team and will need to know the shirt sizes of the persons walking with us.
Start asking your friends and family to sponsor you! There are many ways you can get donations. Send a sponsorship letter to the people in your address book, ask your employer or health professional to make a contribution, ask your Sunday School class or special group to support you, write about it on your website or blog if you have one and provide a link to our Chapter Team on Facebook, etc. Secure donations can be made online at the Walk4Hearing website and are tax deductible. Or checks can be made out to Walk4Hearing and I will be happy to forward the checks to the Walk's Treasurer. I know we are in difficult financial times right now but the needs for the programs relating to hearing loss cannot wait for "better days" or for the government to "bail us out." Your assistance and effort is really needed and greatly appreciated. If for some reason you cannot walk with us, please consider doing your part and make a donation of behalf HLAA and hearing loss. Tennessee is the VOLUNTEER State....let's show HLAA what we can do!
If you are planning to go to the 2009 HLAA Convention in June, you have an opportunity to get a 25% refund on your registration fee. All you have to do is volunteer for 8 hours sometime during the convention. Email me or see our website for details. AND, please forward this email to anyone who might be interested in coming to our meetings! Have a great day and we'll see you soon on APRIL 16th!!!!
If anyone can volunteer to bring a snack or 2 liter drink, please let me know at ldpullins@aol.com or Maureen Hinds at danbury103@gmail.com or mdhinds@bechtel.com or Susan Underwood at gotsusantn@gmail.com.
If you are planning to participate in the Chattanooga Walk4Hearing on May 16th, please join our Knoxville Chapter of HLAA team at the Walk4Hearing website at www.walk4hearing.org as soon as possible. There isn't much time left and I'd like to see at least 10-12 walkers on our team. There will be packets of information and collection envelopes at the meeting. I would like to order t-shirts for our walk team and will need to know the shirt sizes of the persons walking with us.
Start asking your friends and family to sponsor you! There are many ways you can get donations. Send a sponsorship letter to the people in your address book, ask your employer or health professional to make a contribution, ask your Sunday School class or special group to support you, write about it on your website or blog if you have one and provide a link to our Chapter Team on Facebook, etc. Secure donations can be made online at the Walk4Hearing website and are tax deductible. Or checks can be made out to Walk4Hearing and I will be happy to forward the checks to the Walk's Treasurer. I know we are in difficult financial times right now but the needs for the programs relating to hearing loss cannot wait for "better days" or for the government to "bail us out." Your assistance and effort is really needed and greatly appreciated. If for some reason you cannot walk with us, please consider doing your part and make a donation of behalf HLAA and hearing loss. Tennessee is the VOLUNTEER State....let's show HLAA what we can do!
If you are planning to go to the 2009 HLAA Convention in June, you have an opportunity to get a 25% refund on your registration fee. All you have to do is volunteer for 8 hours sometime during the convention. Email me or see our website for details. AND, please forward this email to anyone who might be interested in coming to our meetings! Have a great day and we'll see you soon on APRIL 16th!!!!
Sunday, April 05, 2009
HLAA Walk4Hearing on May 16th!!!
Our HLA of Knoxville chapter is partnering with the Chattanooga Chapter for the upcoming Walk4Hearing on Saturday, May 16th. It will be held at the Chattanooga State Technical Community College on the BEAUTIFUL and COLORFUL Riverwalk and promises to be great fun with great PEOPLE!
The HLA of Knoxville Team is excited to be a part of this walk because HLAA has made a difference in our hearing journey. We are walking this very special walk because hearing loss is a public health issue that is third in line only to heart disease and arthritis. The HLAA Walk4Hearing goal is to increase awareness for hearing loss and raises funds for local and national programs.
HLAA advocates for ALL of us and focus on issues that are important. There are 33 million people in the U.S. who suffer from hearing loss and 2 million are deaf. HLAA opens doors for MANY of us and provides information where we can get help and assistance for their hearing loss. HLAA has helped us as individuals to be better persons and more independent so that we can reach out to others.
Please consider making a donation to our team for HLAA. All donations are tax deductible and you will receive an acknowlegement for your generosity.
CLICK HERE to DONATE to one of our team members! Thank you for all you do for ALL of us!
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The Hearing Loss Association of America was founded in 1979, opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support. HLAA publishes the bimonthly Hearing Loss Magazine, holds annual conventions (Nashville, June 18-21), the Walk4Hearing, hosts online learning with the Hearing Loss Academy, and more. HLAA has more than 200 chapters and 14 state organizations. The national headquarters is located at 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Phone: 301.657.2248.
The HLA of Knoxville Team is excited to be a part of this walk because HLAA has made a difference in our hearing journey. We are walking this very special walk because hearing loss is a public health issue that is third in line only to heart disease and arthritis. The HLAA Walk4Hearing goal is to increase awareness for hearing loss and raises funds for local and national programs.
HLAA advocates for ALL of us and focus on issues that are important. There are 33 million people in the U.S. who suffer from hearing loss and 2 million are deaf. HLAA opens doors for MANY of us and provides information where we can get help and assistance for their hearing loss. HLAA has helped us as individuals to be better persons and more independent so that we can reach out to others.
Please consider making a donation to our team for HLAA. All donations are tax deductible and you will receive an acknowlegement for your generosity.
CLICK HERE to DONATE to one of our team members! Thank you for all you do for ALL of us!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Hearing Loss Association of America was founded in 1979, opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support. HLAA publishes the bimonthly Hearing Loss Magazine, holds annual conventions (Nashville, June 18-21), the Walk4Hearing, hosts online learning with the Hearing Loss Academy, and more. HLAA has more than 200 chapters and 14 state organizations. The national headquarters is located at 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Phone: 301.657.2248.
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